Jar-wrench.



K. LYONS.

- JAB wnnuun. 1 APPLICATION FILED D110. 8, 1907.

Patented 0ct. 1 3, 1908.

auwntou (j nnea i li ns.

bar

another and to an end of the bar at links 6 connecting the short arms of To al l it may concern:

Be it known thatI, KENNEDY LYoNs, citizen ofthe United States, residing at New Rumley,--in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Im rovementsin J ar-Wrenches, of which the fol owing is a specification.

. This invention provides a novel device for grippin thecap or closure of a jar or like receptac e havin a threaded neck to which is fitted a threaded cap, said device or implement ,enablin the .cap to be firmly gripped ,either .w en giving the final turn i: wrote, as when closing, or to start the cap, as when opening the jar or kindred receptacle;

For a full understandin of the invention and the merits thereof an also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

' Figure 1 is a top p an view of an imple ment constructed in accordance with and embodyin the essential features of the invention. i 2 is a vertical central lon itudinal section t ereof on the line ww of ig. 1.

. The implement or wrench consists of a 1, Ewe 2 and 8, the former being .relatively ed and the latter movable, and actuatmg means for the movable jaw, the saine consisting of members 4 pivoted to one 5 and the members 4 with the movable jaw 3. The jaws 2'and 3 are of similar formation, being of crescent form and arranged with their hollow sides facing inward so as to encircle the cap or closure of the jar or like receptacle to be turned by the'expenditure of some considerable force. The jaw 2, while fixed, x'cp'nnected at a central point to one endof t e bar 1 by means of a pivot fastening 7,

- thereby admitting of the aw turning so as the peressure or force upon the cap or closure to turned. The jaw 3 is mounted.

to accommodate itself to strain and equal;

to-jhave both a. sliding and a ment and is connected with t ebarl and with the links 6 by means of a fastening 8 the latter passing through a longitudinal Specification of Letters Patenti- Application Med December 8, 1907. Serial 80104312.

. ened or ivotal move Patented Oct. 18,1003! slot 9 formed in the end :ortion of the i 1 opposite to that provi ed with the fixed jaw 2. The jaws 2 and 3 are spaced some distance from the bar 1,-washers 11 bein interposed between them and the bar ant mopnted upon'the respective fastenings 7 an 8.

The pivoted members 4 are of similar formation and cross neartheir inner ends and receive the ivot fastening 5 at the point he wrench or implement may be of any size and may be constructed of nietalin any economical and convenient way, either by being cast or stamped from )late'metal of proper thickness. The handle portions of the members 4 extend in line with the bar 1 and rovide an increased leverage. Upon pressing the handle ends of the pivoted members 4 together, the short arms 10 thereof are likewise pressed together, thereby tending to move the jaw3 towards the jaw 2. so as to grip the ca or closure that may be inserted between t e two jaws 2 and The jar or receptacle may be gripped andheld firm in an manner, and the cap to be tight astened, is'received between the.

jaws 2 and 3 and firmly gripped by pressing A jar wrench comprising a su port h aving a longitudinal slot near one en a curved jaw arranged transversely of the support and pivoted at its middle point thereto, a companion jaw similarly arranged with reference to the support as the first mentioned jaw, a pivot fastening connecting the second handle members with the pivot fastening aw to the support and mounte to slide n connecting the sliding jaw with the support. 10

the longitudinal slot thereof, handle men- In testimon whereofi'I afn'x'my signature bers crossed near their-inner ends and pix in presence 0 two witnesses.

5 oted to each other and to the said suppor I KENNEDY LYON S. [L. s.]

said inner ends of the handle members It VWitnesses: jecting in .0 posite directions, and l nks HARRY P. FINNICUM,

connecting t e inner extremities of the S. A. MAXWELL. 

